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Homeschooled Football Players Come Together to Form Their Own Team
(Thanks HSLDA for the heads up on this story) Read full article...
Principal Asks Governor for More Homeschool “Accountability”
From HSLDA: HSLDA responded quickly when a local public school principal suggested that homeschooled children needed additional oversight, possibly in the form of standardized testing. Read full article...
Southwest School Note: Channahon Homeschooler Excels on all Fronts
Channahon resident Mikayla Kosicek turned 16 this summer. Unlike her fellow students heading into their junior year at Minooka Community High School, Mikayla has already earned 36 semester hours at Joliet Junior College with a cumulative GPA of 3.75. Read full article...
Daytime Curfew Defeated in Carlinville
Freedom-loving homeschoolers worked with HSLDA to help defeat a proposed daytime curfew in their town....
Homeschool kids give moms advice in new book of winning essays
  [Peoria, IL]  -  Homeschool Advice book written by kids now available for free download at CurrClick.com: “Homeschooling Advice For Moms From the Real Experts, KIDS! In March of 2011, in the face of an abundance of homeschooling advice written by adults, Currclick put forth a challenge to homeschoolers far and wide.  The challenge seemed simple on the surface – to write an advice column about how to homeschool a child written by the homeschooled children themselves.  Many kids stepped up to this challenge and the result of their efforts should be required reading for all homeschool parents! Enjoy and...
‘Just Be Unstoppable’ — An interview with homeschool alumna Chelsea Link
I love meeting homeschool alumni and picking their brains. You can find such great nuggets of help and encouragement in their stories. Harvard student and homeschool alumna Chelsea Link shares tips on the sometimes daunting college application process, and talks about how homeschooling has prepared her for college life. ...
Homeschool Inspiration: Preparing for College Admissions
This article is so inspiring!  Way to set the homeschooling bar high, and think out of the box!  I just found this gem of an article from a couple of years ago.  I’ll work on getting an update about this young lady.  Stay tuned! ….  See the bottom of this post for a brief update. - SR From home school to top schools   Chelsea Link feared she might not get into any top schools. She got into seven. Harvard. Yale. Princeton. NU. Stanford. In a tough year, she got into them all. By Bonnie Miller Rubin, Chicago Tribune April 18,...
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